Since the early 80s, Powl Ameerali is a familiar name in the Surinamese music industry. In 1982 he made his debut as a performer at the first Suriname Popular Songfestival (Suripop) with his performance of the winning composition "Gi Yu Wawan". During that time he was the lead singer of ‘Century’, a group of Surinamese musicians, dedicated to composing “poku’s” (songs) with “Sranan Tongo” lyrics, the lingua franca spoken in Suriname next to the official language, Dutch . Powl was both the composer and author of the title-song of his first CD “Switi Firi”. He followed this trend with the release of the Christmas song “Kresneti Firi” and now continues with this in his new album “SO!” and cd-single “Met Jou Is Alles Anders”. On “SO!” Powl collaborates with the band Masalsa and expresses his passion for different music genres such as Latin. You will find new versions of "Uma In A Blaka” and “Tamara”, memorable songs from the 90s where he was part of the "Salsa On Sunday" band under guidance of his “buen companero musical” Juan Navia. Although consciously focused on singing in “Sranan Tongo” with the intent to broaden the Surinamese people’s appreciation and love for “one’s own” Powl does not shy away from singing in other languages as you can hear on "SO!" (Spanish, English and Hindi) en “Met Jou Is Alles Anders” (Dutch). The new releases provide a collection of tunes through which Powl Ameerali once again shares his “Switi Firi” of music with you!